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Week of 14 May 2012 Execs talk Backup Exec 2012, integrated appliances at Symantec Vision (14 May 2012)
Our senior news director Dave Raffo attended Symantec Vision last week, and we have compiled his reporting for your convenience.
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Week of 07 May 2012 Symantec CEO: We’ll win in virtual backup and the cloud (09 May 2012)
CEO Enrique Salem says Symantec will emerge as the leader in virtual backup and the cloud; he also expects appliances to surpass backup software.
Symantec defends ‘bold’ changes in Backup Exec 2012 upgrade (10 May 2012)
Backup Exec 2012 upgrade has angered long-time customers, but Symantec executives say the changes were needed and users will adapt.
Symantec extends integrated backup appliance strategy (07 May 2012)
Symantec doubles down on its backup appliance plans, putting NetBackup 7.5 and Backup Exec 2012 on appliances with dedupe software and media servers.
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Week of 30 Apr 2012 Community backup cloud lets Ohio schools pool backup, DR resources (02 May 2012)
Ohio education network turned to StorServer appliances running IBM TSM backup software to form a community backup cloud.
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Week of 23 Apr 2012 Integrated backup appliances provide option to traditional disk libraries (25 Apr 2012)
With Symantec taking the lead, backup appliances that bundle backup software with dedupe and disk challenge traditional virtual tape libraries (VTLs).
Bocada offers backup reporting software for virtual, physical reports (24 Apr 2012)
Bocada’s vpConnect combines Prism and Vision backup reporting software modules to bring backup reporting for physical and virtual machines under one monitoring tool.
EMC aims DD Boost at Oracle RMAN (24 Apr 2012)
EMC looks to give Oracle RMAN a DD Boost by extending its Data Domain dedupe-enhancement software to the database recovery application.
Microsoft to offer CommVault’s Simpana with Azure Cloud platform (23 Apr 2012)
Commvault says the product bundle is part of a deepening “strategic alliance” with the software giant.
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Week of 16 Apr 2012 Barracuda offers VMware host support with backup service (20 Apr 2012)
Barracuda Networks Inc., announced this week that its Barracuda Backup Service will include VMware host support.
Quantum launches Scalar LTFS appliance for file archiving (16 Apr 2012)
Quantum’s Scalar LTFS appliance brings linear tape file system (LTFS) support to its tape libraries, making it easier to access files on tape.
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Week of 26 Mar 2012 Tape NAS emerges, utilizing LTFS for file access (26 Mar 2012)
Tape NAS brings file-level access to LTO tape for archiving, but Crossroads StrongBox is alone among hardware that takes full advantage of LTFS.
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Week of 19 Mar 2012 Quantum unveils virtual backup platform based on DXi, vmPRO (21 Mar 2012)
Quantum Corp., said its virtual backup appliances built on its DXi and vmPRO software can reduce size of data sent to the cloud.
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Week of 05 Mar 2012 Arkeia, Acronis offer virtual server backup to SMBs (06 Mar 2012)
Arkeia and Acronis add virtual server backup – Arkeia through a new virtual appliance and Acronis with an upgrade to vmProtect.
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Week of 13 Feb 2012 Symantec goes after Veeam, Acronis for patent infringement (17 Feb 2012)
Symantec charge Veeam Software and Acronis with patent infringement in separate lawsuits; says smaller rivals’ software use Symantec’s technology.
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Week of 06 Feb 2012 Symantec backup applications get makeovers for speed, VMs (06 Feb 2012)
Symantec enhances backup applications NetBackup and Backup Exec: adding speed, search and NetApp integration to NetBackup and better virtual backup to Backup Exec.